Do you smell it, people? No, it’s not turkey and stuffing….it’s Haveil Havalim, issue #193. This is the weekly “blog carnival” of the Jewish/Israeli blogosphere, created by Soccer Dad and currently maintained by our friend Jack. When I asked Jack to explain the whole carnival concept to me, he responded by sending the fattest man in the world and a two-headed donkey.

In Haveil Havalim, we recap what people have been writing about in the J-blogosphere. Believe it or not, WWZ regulars, there are actually people delving into topics deeper than inappropriate Israeli t-shirts and advertisements. If you’d like to receive weekly updates about this here blog carnival, you can join the Facebook group, Haveil Havalim- The Best Of The Jewish/Israeli Blogosphere. I keep looking for the MySpace group but to no avail. The only thing I really know about MySpace is that it’s apparently for aspiring musicians and predators. 100 million members and a few bad apples have to ruin the party. Thanks, predators. We appreciate it.

For the love of G-d, Jack, get this guy off my couch. I NEED TO GO TO WORK!!!!I can’t believe I agreed to host this thing.

So a few days ago on a Jerusalem bus, I suddenly found myself listening to some loud, annoying techno music. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that I was being subjected to it by a teenager behind me blasting it out of his cell phone. Is it only in Israel where this horrible trend has developed where people treat a public space like their own private dance party? I seriously fear that if we don’t put a stop to this now, it will spread like the Macarena among dorky white people in the 1990s. And I think we all remember how painful that was.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!!!!!!!!!! MAKE IT STOP!”

Alan Dershowitz says terrorism works because we reward it and that not only must we not do so, we must also punish it to make it clear that NOTHING will be gained from it. Right on, Dersh. I am suggesting that anyone who plays music aloud on one’s cell phone not only be banned from buses forever, but they should also have to eat 20 Crembos a day for the rest of winter. (I’m sorry, but those things are nasty. I had one last week and I think I’m done until next year.) If you see this behavior yourself in Israel or anywhere else, please…tell them to stop. For the future of the human race.

And if you do smell turkey cooking, happy belated Thanksgiving! Highlights of my holiday:

Here’s a special mention of my friend Danny of the blog Israeli by Day who recently was drafted into the army. He’s somehow finding the time to document his experiences and writes here about learning Krav Maga. Check out all his posts from the last few weeks for more “adventures.”